How to Remove Tracked Changes

1. Open Microsoft Word 2007 and the document with tracked changes (also known as 'redlining').
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Click the 'Review' tab. Notice that 'Track Changes' is highlighted and displayed by default in the edited document. According to Microsoft, this is to prevent the inadvertent distribution of documents with visible edits still in them.
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Look in the 'Tracked Changes' section of the 'Review' tab. Click the arrow next to 'Final Showing Markup.' Select 'Final' to see the final version of the document with the tracked changes integrated, but not highlighted. Select 'Original' to see the version of the document before the tracked changes. Note that even though the edits are completely hidden from view, this does not remove the tracked changes from the document!
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Accept or reject the tracked changes to change the text permanently. This can be done individually for each change by clicking 'Accept' or 'Reject' in the 'Changes' area of the review tab. If you hover the mouse over any given visible edit, you can also right-click to bring up a mini menu with these same options. You can also choose to accept or reject all changes in a document by clicking on the arrow in the 'Accept' or 'Reject' buttons and selecting the appropriate menu item.
5. Save the document. Once you review the visible edits, and all the tracked changes have been accepted or rejected, your saved document will not have any tracked changes showing. It will be a clean, final document.